7:20 PM,
Mar. 9, 2014

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Written by

Matt Stypulkoski
Special to The Courier-Journal

For the second time in a week, the University of Louisville women will get a crack at No. 1 Connecticut with a championship on the line.

That opportunity didn't come without some tense moments. The second-seeded Cardinals needed a handful of comebacks and a last-second shot from Shoni Schimmel to earn a 60-56 victory over No. 3 seed South Florida on Sunday and book their spot in the American Athletic Conference Tournament final at 7 tonight opposite top-seeded and top-ranked Connecticut, which routed 24th-ranked Rutgers 83-57 in the other semifinal.